Re: Ghost image fails to restore properly?


On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:16:45 GMT, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, louise
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I tested memory (memtest), hard drive itself (Seatools), ran
>chkdsk, etc. etc. I used two anti-virus scans and a spyware scan.
>I also changed the hard drive itself. Nothing showed up. Seatools
>(Seagates diagnostic tool), did indicate critical problem with NTFS
>
>I finally used the restore CD that came with my computer (2.5 years
>ago) and all is going smoothely, further indicating that it is
>not/was not, a hardware issue.
>
>The only thing I can imagine is that although I restored a Ghost
>image, the disk was not completely cleaned and therefore, the same
>problems kept coming back?
>
>Is this possible?

I'm not familiar with Ghost, my best guess would be that the momentary power
problem corrupted some formatting information or file system information
that Ghost didn't backup.

>Any suggestions? I'm horrified at the thought that this could
>happen again and that my backup image wouldn't work.

My suggestion: buy yourself a UPS. They aren't that expensive, and can be a
real work and data saver.

For years, I knew I should use a UPS but never bothered. Then one day the
lights flickered. Just for a second or two, but that was enough to make the
computer reboot.

I was less than five minutes away from the end of a one hour or more
download (on dialup then) which I had to restart from scratch, plus I also
lost a big chunk of a lengthy technical document I'd been typing up during
the download (hadn't saved for 20-30 minutes).

The next day, I finally ordered a UPS. A few days after it arrived and was
put to use, we had another brief power failure: and the computer and I just
kept going right through it totally unaffected.

That was six or seven years and a couple of computers ago, and I've been
through a bunch of power failures, surges, etc. since then with zero
problems.

For me, that UPS and it's successors have been one of the best investments
I've every made.

Sorry about the sales pitch: I honestly don't work for a UPS manufacturer!

--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl@xxxxxxxxx>

TANSTAAFL! (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!) R.A.H.
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